Investing in the future MENA 2018

10/28/2018

In response to the challenges facing Youth in the Middle east and north Africa region, Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, hosted the “investing in the future MENA 2018” conference that was organized by the big heart foundation. The conference that was held under the theme ‘Youth - Crisis Challenges and Development Opportunities, aimed to recognize youth as a major power for change and development and to focus on humanitarian and development challenges in the MENA region. We were very proud to have Miss Hanan, one of semi-independent SOS youth as SOS Syria repressive in the conference where she participated and shared her view and hopes for the future.

Drop-in Center in Jaramana

01/12/2018

In cooperation with UNICEF, SOS Children’s Villages Syria opened a Drop-in Center in Jaramana, the main goal of which is to protect and support street children. Drop-in Center is a safe corner for children that provides all-time-available residency, cooked meals, and a full package of other services including psychosocial support services, supervised by specialists that work extensively to mitigate war aftermath effects on children. Street children are thus a most vulnerable category because they are more exposed to violence and harm.
The center provides special services for Adolescent (11-17 years old), offering comprehensive training to develop life-skills and vocational training to put the priority of financial independence at hand.

New SOS Children's Village opens in Damascus

10/21/2017

SOS Syria has opened a new SOS Children’s Village in Damascus to address the need for additional alternative care for children. With space for 80 children in 10 apartment homes, the second SOS Children’s Village in the Syrian capital will become home for many children who have lost parental care or are waiting to re-join their biological families.

New SOS Children's Village opens in Damascus

Memorandum of understanding

08/09/2017

On 09/08/2017, SOS Children's Villages signed a memorandum of understanding with the ministry of foreign affairs in Syrian Arab Republic, aiming to reactivate the work of the Organization's office in Syria which represented by SOS Children's Villages Syria that was founded in 1975 and which is a branch of the International Federation of Children's Villages, based in Austria, and spread out in 135 countries around the world.

"The Sun" Photography exhibition

05/23/2017

SOS Children's Villages in collaboration with ministry of Culture in Syria held the photography exhibition "The sun" by the photographer Fares Haj Ebrahim in Damascus Opera house gallery. The exhibition aims to shed the light on children's suffering during Syrian crisis,Knowing that the income of the exhibition will be for SOS children's benefit. each picture from the collection has a different story and gives mixed feelings to the audience who leave the gallery while thinking that, no child should suffer like this.

Cooperation with the Ministry of Culture

05/01/2017

On 26 April 2017, SOS Children's Villages signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Culture in during a wonderful celebration held in the village, which included many artistic and cultural events that brought joy and Happiness to the hearts of our children.
The agreement aims to provide Cultural, development and artistic support to our children and beneficiaries of SOS Children's villages projects.

New goodwill ambassador for SOS Children's Villages Syria

05/01/2017

On 11/3/2017 the Syrian star of the voice kids program Zein Obeid was appointed as the goodwill ambassador by SOS Children's villages Syria in the presence of his family members and SOS management. Zein said in the ceremony of his appointment that he is going to give his full support to our children whom he considers now as brothers and sisters , and that he is very happy to be a new member in SOS family

Under the patronage of the Minister of Social Affairs, Dr. Kinda Al Shammat, and in presence of representatives of Damascus Rural governor, INGOs, local community, SOS Children's Villages board members and team, SOS Children's Villages Syria has officially inaugurated its Temporary Child Care Center in Saboura – Damascus Rural - for unaccompanied and separated children, taking place Monday 4th May 2015.

SOS Children's Villages Syria and the SOS International Office of MENA to put integrated strategic plan for 2015

SOS Children's Villages in Syria to continue Executing its Emergency Relief Program and launches the upcoming steps

10/27/2014

Mr. Khaled Al Safadi, Emergency Relief Program Coordinator at SOS Children's Village in Syria, said: "We worked on lending a helping hand to children and their families last year by presenting necessary humanitarian materials and school bags, but we witnesses many cases of unaccompanied and separated children from their families caused by the crisis in Syria, those children are facing cruel circumstances with no care nor receiving proper education, hence, causing inordinate tragedy in the future."

Participation of SOS Children's Villages in Syria in the National Campaign "Let's Learn Together"

10/12/2014

The SOS Children's Villages in Syria distributed 6000 school bags contain full school stationary, aiding children to complete their 2014-2015 schooling year. By taking this action, SOS Children Villages was an active part of "Let's Learn Together" campaign.

SOS Children's Villages in Syria and Massar to Launch the Child Friendly Space Center in Damascus

09/16/2014

As we aim to protect children's rights for living a proper life, and to come out with best practices to defend childhood, we collaborated with Massar project to launch the CFS center, especially that our society is in need for such project to help our children who got affected by the events happening in Syria

Due to its responsibility on child protection and responding to humanitarian appeal by providing families with essentials and relief needs, the SOS Children's Villages distributed over 10000 food aid baskets, between January and August 2014, to Internally Displaced People in Damascus & countryside, Homs and Daraa. Each basket meets a family's nutrition needs for containing basic foodstuff and infant milk.